recipient

noun

re·​cip·​i·​ent ri-ˈsi-pē-ənt 

: one that receives : receiver

recipient adjective

Examples of recipient in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The recipients are vetted and are not eligible if they’ve been convicted of any felony or two or more misdemeanors in the US. —Tami Luhby, CNN Money, 1 Feb. 2026

The other grant recipients were Iranian auteur Mohammad Rasoulof (The Seed of the Sacred Fig), Syria’s Hasan Kattan (Last Men in Aleppo), and Somali-Austrian filmmaker Mo Harawe (The Village Next to Paradise). —Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 1 Feb. 2026

Spencer Summers is the recipient of the Power Onward Emerging Leader Award. —Post-Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 1 Feb. 2026

On that Saturday, Cinequest will host two Maverick Spirit Award events, marking the first time the festival has welcomed two recipients on the same day. —Anne Gelhaus, Mercury News, 1 Feb. 2026

Word History

Etymology

Latin recipient-, recipiens, present participle of recipere

First Known Use

1558, in the meaning defined above

Phrases Containing recipient

• co-recipient
• universal recipient

Rhymes for recipient

• incipient
• percipient

Kids Definition

recipient

noun

re·​cip·​i·​ent ri-ˈsip-ē-ənt 

: one that receives

the recipient of many honors

recipient adjective

Medical Definition

recipient

noun

re·​cip·​i·​ent ri-ˈsip-ē-ənt 

: an individual who receives biological material (as blood or an organ) from a donor